How to Get Really Good at Photography (Ep. 232)

The Inforium

Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

Personal Branding, Career, Productivity, Business, Learning, Lifehacking, College, University, Education, 101, Lifestyle Design, Work Smart, Class

4.8 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2018

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

If you've ever wanted to take your Instagram posts to the next level, this episode is for you. We talk about how and why to learn the art of photography. Full show notes This week’s episode is sponsored by: Brilliant: Accelerate your learning in math, science, and computer science. Start learning for free at Brilliant.org/CollegeInfoGeek — and if you're one of the first 83 people to use this link, you'll also get 20% off your subscription. Things mentioned in this episode: How to Not Get Hacked (Ep. 187) How to Grow Your Social Media Following (Ep. 224) How to Study Effectively with Flash Cards How Much Water Should You REALLY Be Drinking? How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Fstoppers' Exposure Triangle article Canon Rebel SL2 DSLR Camera Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera Meike Automatic Extension Tube Sony SEL90M28G FE 90mm f/2.8-22 Macro Lens Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 Lens Sony SEL35F18 35mm f/1.8 Prime Fixed Lens Unbox Therapy on YouTube Listen Money Matters Mango Street on YouTube Peter McKinnon on YouTube Caleb Wojcik on YouTube Jared Polin on YouTube The Photographer's Ephemeris Borrow Lenses Adobe Lightroom Affinity Photo Pixelmator Light Pollution Map Snapseed (iOS | Android) mmCalc Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. Timestamps: 0:13:31 - Why did we do an episode about this topic 0:18:12 - Why does Martin like photography 0:26:00 - How to get started in photography 0:32:24 - Sponsor: Brilliant (Learning problem-solving skills) 0:34:47 - How to feel about your old work 0:38:02 - Should you buy expensive gear as a beginner? 0:44:08 - Why upgrade your equipment and what to upgrade first 0:57:14 - Upgrading from your smartphone to a camera and lens 1:09:40 - Gear, tips and techniques for taking better photos 1:24:41 - Looking at other people's work 1:30:45 - Photography resource recommendations 1:43:00 - Conclusion If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also leave a review! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:36.8	podcast the internet's best resource for students looking to get ahead and learn
0:40.9	more effectively but a terrible resource for learning how to remove the
0:45.1	tiny Chinese spy chips from your motherboards.
0:48.8	I did just read about that.
0:49.9	I did too.
0:51.3	Because this is actually an embarrassing revelation about my life, but I have read it
0:57.4	and hacker news blocked on my phone until noon every day. So in desperation while eating breakfast this morning I went to Arst Technica, which I should probably
1:06.7	also block now that I'm talking about it. I'm pretty sure that you're not supposed to like stop smoking and then say oh but I need something and then
1:14.6	become an alcoholic like you're not supposed to just in desperation replace it I know
1:19.0	with something else okay so I think the the context this morning is I woke up, well this is going to make me sound like a horrible productivity guru, but I stayed up late last night trying to beat Celeste B-sides.
1:31.0	Terrible productivity guru. You did this to me. This is your fault. You made
1:35.7	me start playing the Celeste B sides and I was going to go to bed at a normal time.
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